Elements of Criticism, Volume 2Scott and Seguine, 1819 - Aesthetics |
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... means fitted to an end , that of communicating thought : and hence it evidently appears , that of several ex ... mean language . Theo- pompus is celebrated for the force of his diction ; but erroneously : his sub- ject indeed has great ...
... means fitted to an end , that of communicating thought : and hence it evidently appears , that of several ex ... mean language . Theo- pompus is celebrated for the force of his diction ; but erroneously : his sub- ject indeed has great ...
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... means of contrast , appears greater than when viewed singly and apart ; and the same effect is perceived in ascending progressively , till we ar- rive at the last object . The opposite effect is pro- duced in descending : for in this ...
... means of contrast , appears greater than when viewed singly and apart ; and the same effect is perceived in ascending progressively , till we ar- rive at the last object . The opposite effect is pro- duced in descending : for in this ...
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... means is it possi- ble to present to the mind , such a number of ob- jects , and in so swift a succession , as by speaking or writing ; and for that reason , variety ought more to be studied in these , than in any other sort of ...
... means is it possi- ble to present to the mind , such a number of ob- jects , and in so swift a succession , as by speaking or writing ; and for that reason , variety ought more to be studied in these , than in any other sort of ...
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... means of speech we can divert our sorrows , min- gle our mirth , impart our secrets , communicate " our counsels , and make mutual compacts and 66 agreements to supply and assist each other . " Considering speech as contributing to so ...
... means of speech we can divert our sorrows , min- gle our mirth , impart our secrets , communicate " our counsels , and make mutual compacts and 66 agreements to supply and assist each other . " Considering speech as contributing to so ...
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... means of retaining by suitable offices and preferments , had been seized with the general discontent , and unwarily threw themselves into the scale which began already too much to preponderate . History of Great - Britain , vol . I. p ...
... means of retaining by suitable offices and preferments , had been seized with the general discontent , and unwarily threw themselves into the scale which began already too much to preponderate . History of Great - Britain , vol . I. p ...
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Page 195 - For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, And the men of Judah his pleasant plant: And he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; For righteousness, but behold a cry.
Page 235 - One cried, God bless us ! and, Amen, the other ; As they had seen me, with these hangman's hands, Listening their fear. I could not say, amen, When they did say, God bless us.
Page 237 - I love thee, and it is my love that speaks— There are a sort of men whose visages Do cream and mantle like a standing pond, And do a wilful stillness entertain, With purpose to be dress'd in an opinion Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit; As who should say, " I am Sir Oracle, And when I ope my lips let no dog bark...
Page 132 - The current that with gentle murmur glides, Thou know'st, being stopp'd, impatiently doth rage ; But when his fair course is not hindered, He makes sweet music with the enamell'd stones, Giving a gentle kiss to every sedge He overtaketh in his pilgrimage ; And so by many winding nooks he strays, With willing sport, to the wild ocean.
Page 134 - In these two princely boys! They are as gentle As zephyrs, blowing below the violet, Not wagging his sweet head: and yet as rough, Their royal blood enchafd, as the rud'st wind, That by the top doth take the mountain pine, And make him stoop to the vale.
Page 165 - Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast Seal up the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his brains In cradle of the rude imperious surge ; And in the visitation of the winds, Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deafning clamours in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly, death itself awakes ? Canst thou, O partial sleep!
Page 111 - As through unquiet rest: he, on his side Leaning, half raised, with looks of cordial love Hung over her enamour'd, and beheld Beauty, which, whether waking or asleep, Shot forth peculiar graces; then with voice Mild, as when Zephyrus on Flora breathes, Her hand soft touching, whisper'd thus: ' Awake My fairest, my espoused, my latest found, Heaven's last, best gift, my ever new delight! Awake...
Page 195 - My well-beloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill: and he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: And he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.
Page 113 - Two of far nobler shape erect and tall, Godlike erect, with native honour clad In naked majesty seemed lords of all, And worthy seemed, for in their looks divine The image of their glorious Maker shone, Truth, wisdom, sanctitude severe and pure, Severe, but in true filial freedom placed; Whence true authority in men...
Page 193 - Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.